Letter to Yoichi Wada, President of Square Enix Co., Ltd

[Darkshade]

This letter is a plea to Yoichi Wada and all other staff and stock holders responsible for financial decisions regarding the title FINAL FANTASY XIV.

I will try and keep this simple and to the point.

Although the game has suffered considerable loss of value and low score reviews, It is my belief that the current development staff have shown great strides and promise on restoring the game to a enjoyable level. Naoki Yoshida has shown considerable dedication to his position and I feel the game has the potential to become something amazing given time.

This is a plea to continue to support the future development of FINAL FANTASY XIV for PC and home game console. I feel that there are many fans in all regions that still wish to purchase the console version and if the quality of the product is up to snuff by this time that the game may enjoy a decent subscriber rate and prove to be profitable. There are also maybe PC players that will give the game a second chance once they see new reviews and commercials for a re-marketed product. I feel you owe it to your fans to at least try and turn this around.

Forum users and players may wonder why I made this thread. In this time of huge development costs for games and financial decisions to be made, XIV's future is an uncertain one. With all the doom spreaders on this forum I wished only to perhaps have my opinion given voice to those in charge of financial responsibility, and indeed the future of Eorzea.

Thank you for reading.

[Bobjohnson]

Agreed, I think the game is heading in the right direction, and is already quite a bit more enjoyable. The foreseable future looks promising as well. I just hope that SE does indeed support it long enough for it to learn to walk on it's own.

[Kailok]

While I did do it in the form of a letter, I also tried to reach out and ask to make sure that advertising funds be raised so that people see the new face of FFXIV. I like your letter, it's well put together. Unfortunately, I don't think it will ever actually make it to him. :\ Sucks, I know, but it's an unfortunately low possibility. ; ; I wish though!

And it is because of that wish, that I give you a "Like" press.

[Darkshade]

I know it's a low possibility but if even there is a chance that it might give XIV more time it's worth it. Even if it doesn't make it to the president there are others that could read it or at least the community reps could know that there are those that are still rooting for them.

[Kailok]

I think they know. Everyone here on the lodestone is rooting for FFXIV to succeed. Yes, some are more vulgar and hateful in their opinions than others, but it's because they want it to succeed. Also, SE won't give up on this game for a while. They can't afford to let one of their main title games dying. Yes, it had a rocky start, but with what we've gotten so far in the last year, this game is certainly going to go places. Maybe not to the tippy-top like WoW is, but WoW isn't the MMO I played and loved for 6 years. I played and loved FFXI for 6 years and it's first year in Japan was just as rocky if not worse than this game's release.

They won't give up on it ^^ no worries.

[Nilheim]

I'm sure Wada's gonna read it.

[Darkshade]

I'm sure Wada's gonna read it.

Me too. : )

[Winterclaw]

I'm sure Wada's gonna read it.

While I doubt you are being honest, in the freak event that he does...

Jim has the answer to Squenix's problems.

[SilvertearRen]

To be honest, a part of me wishes Square Enix would bury FFXIV for good. The reason? Their choice of payment processor, ClickandBuy.

My situation with them is untenable, and I am not interested in retaining them as a payment option, nor am I interested in wasting an extra $5 on a monthly subscription through UltimatePay's game time cards.

At this point in time, I am about to be forced to have my bank cards cancelled and replaced due to ClickandBuy's utter failure to respond to my complaints. I have to take measures to protect my financial stability.

This is the one thing Square Enix has failed so far to understand regarding ClickandBuy, and soon, they will be forced to shutter FFXI and FFXIV because of it.

[Kailok]

To be honest, a part of me wishes Square Enix would bury FFXIV for good. The reason? Their choice of payment processor, ClickandBuy.

My situation with them is untenable, and I am not interested in retaining them as a payment option, nor am I interested in wasting an extra $5 on a monthly subscription through UltimatePay's game time cards.

At this point in time, I am about to be forced to have my bank cards cancelled and replaced due to ClickandBuy's utter failure to respond to my complaints. I have to take measures to protect my financial stability.

This is the one thing Square Enix has failed so far to understand regarding ClickandBuy, and soon, they will be forced to shutter FFXI and FFXIV because of it.

ClickandBuy should be an option instead. I also don't like it. It was infuriating that I had to give my debit card number to a third party company.